On Wed, Mar 20, 2002 at 12:28:45AM +0100, Mark Baumann wrote:
>
> > > This worked. It boots (2 beeps) but only one time if I want to reboot it,
> > > its dead again (1 beep)
> >
> > 2 beeps is OF changing configuration. I have no idea what it's doing
> > that needs a second chime...
> >
> > As to why it doesn't boot the second time, I can only imagine that the
> > backup battery might be empty... Booting back to MacOS will reset OF's
> > settings, though.
> Yes it seems to be the backup battery. I tested it a few times and it also
> worked without my bootvars-setting-script;-) But after the weekend the
> machine was dead again. So it seems that I have to buy a new battery. Any
> idea where to get one?
I get them at Batteries Plus, which is probably a local concern. But maybe
you have someplace similar that carries a large variety of phone and computer
batteries. They can find it by the number on the case. (Just so you're not
shocked, the last time I bought one it was around $20). All the oldworld Macs
used the same battery; so it's actually pretty common.
And the trick to getting it off the motherboard is to use a tiny
screwdriver (or a paper clip works) to pry at the bottom in the ends
of the black plastic U-shaped clip. It's one of those clip things that
is really easy to put together, but not too easy to take apart.
+------------+ +-------+
| |------| | ^ | +---+ |
| | + | | | | + O + |
| |------| | -> | +---+ |
^ ^ ^
Pry out and up
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